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fl ,MM *2 2 NVENTOR www United States Patent C) 3,057,645 PAPER CURRENCY Thomas P. ODonnell, New York, N.Y. (111-50 76th Drive, Forest Hills 75, N.Y.) Filed Aug. 22, 1960, Ser. No. 51,237 1 Claim. (Cl. 283-57) It is understood that my invention is not necessarily limited to bank notes, as stock certificates, bonds and the like flexible sheet forms in numerically arranged systems can be thusly improved by this positive quick checking means.

Ordinarily, to this day, the holder of a single but thick feeling bank note rumples said note seeking the separate two notes `stuck together suspected of causing the thick feeling. He is never sure of himself when rumpling does not cause a separation. The thick feeling note is passed along with a hopeless gesture. v

My invention has for an object to place in the hands of millions of everyday users of banknotes, a simple and yet a positive quick checking means to establish the oneness or the more than oneness of the thick feeling bank note in hand, thus establishing whether or not said note is of a single note value or more than a single note value.

As improvements in an article of manufacture, the design of my bank notes shows ve identical serial numbers, the iirst and the second being located in an upright position on the front face, the third and fourth being located on the bank face in inverted positions, the fth being located approximately in the middle of the back face in an upright position.

A person with my bank note in hand in a simple manual folding of the back face portion containing an inverted serial number, over the front face can bring the inverted back face serial number into aligned orientation with its relatively positioned front face number for easy reading and comparing of said two `serial numbers. When the front face serial number and the back face serial number can be seen to be the same, one bank note is in hand; thereby one bank note value is in hand. When the front face serial number and ythe back face serial number can be seen to be different, there is more than one Abank note in hand and the notes are stuck together; thereby there is more than one bank note value in hand. My bank note also presents an upright serial number on the back face for easy reading when the back face is uppermost,

I do not restrict my invention to manual and visual actions as electronic machinery could perform the same checking actions.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification and in which like parts are denoted by like designating numerals, is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my bank note, it being understood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions and the general assemblages of the parts may be used without there being a departing yfrom the principles of the invention, or sacriicing any of its advantages, and the reserved rights of complete coverage is requested in this specification.

FIGURE l is a plain view of my bank note, back face. FIG. 2 is a plain View of my bank note, front face, showing the first serial number thereon, and showing the third serial number on the lower portion of the back face, said lower portion being folded over the bottom part of the said front face. FIG. 3 is a plain View of the bank note front face, showing the second serial number thereon, and showing the orientated fourth serial number on the upper portion of the back face, said upper portion being folded over the top part of said front face.

Explaining the like designating numerals; the bank note 1 front face upper portion 11 in FIG. 2 and lower portion ICC 9 in FIG. 3 contain larger sized numerals in the denomination parts 2, said bank note back face containing smaller sized numerals in the denomination parts 3. When the bank note is held so that a positive quick check is to be made, the bank note back face lower portion 12 containing the third serial number 6 is folded at 13 over the front face so that said third serial number 6 is aligned with the first serial number 4. The same quick check can be made when the back face upper portion 10 containing the fourth serial number 7 is folded at 14 over the front face so that said fourth serial number 7 is aligned with the second serial number 5. Designating numeral 8 denotes the -serial number which is upright with reference to the bank note top edge 15.

Proceeding to the description of my invention: My bank note front face top portion and the back face top portion are adjacent to the same top edge of said note. I present a bank note with live identical serial numbers thereon, the first and the second serial numbers being located on the front face of the note, the first being located in an upper portion of said face in an upright position with reference to the said face top edge, the second serial number being located in a lower portion of said front face, in an upright position with reference to the said yface top edge.

The third serial number being located in the lower portion of the back face, said third serial number being inverted with reference to the said top edge of said back face, said third serial number being predeterminedly positioned on the back face relative to the rst serial number on the front face, so that when the back face portion containing the third serial number is folded over the front face, the third serial number becoming parallel and :aligned and orientated with the first serial number for a positive quick check, one number with the other.

The fourth serial number being located in the upper portion of the back face, said fourth serial number being inverted with reference to the said top edge of the back face, said fourth serial number being predeterminedly positioned on the back face relative to the second serial number on the front face, so that when the back face portion containing the fourth serial numbering is folded over the front face, said fourth serial number becoming parallel and aligned and orientated with the second serial number for a positive quick check, one number with the other. The fth serial number being located in a portion of -the back face midway between the said top edge and the bottom edge of said face, appearing in my design of a bank note as a convenience, so that when the note back face is uppermost said serial number can be easily read. Bank note serial numbers are rarely read and then only when a rare list of suspect numbers is posted. My invention is a new, novel and most useful usage of serial numbers in a positive quick check, one number with the other, as above stated.

Having thusly described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters APatent is:

An article of manufacture, improvements in the herein described bank note or the like comprising a iiexible sheet having a top edge, a printed front face and a printed back face, said faces each being arranged with their top portions adjacent to said top edge, said front face having a first upright serial number located in the upper portion of said front face and a second upright serial number identical to said first serial number and located in the lower portion of said front face, said back face having three serial numbers identical to said iirst serial number and including a third said serial number in the lower portion of said back face and aligned vertically with said first serial number when said flexible sheet is folded on a horizontal line below the center thereof, a fourth said serial number in the upper portion of said back face and aligned vertically with said second serial number when said exible sheet is folded on a horizontal line above the center thereof, and a fth said serial number upright with reference to said top edge and located midway between said top edge and the bottom edge of said back face, said third and said fourth serial numbers being inverted with reference to said top edge and all of the remainder of said printed back face, whereby when said exible sheet is folded along a line parallel to said top edge and spaced unequally from said top and `bottom edges, said rst and third or said second and fourth identical serial numbers can be simultaneously observed in corresponding upright orientation.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 450,783 MacDonald Apr. 21, 1891 477,038 Wood June 14, 1892 845,237 Hicks Feb. 26, 1907 1,435,184 Slierl Nov. 14, 1922 1,611,873 Beatty Dec. 28, 1926 

